The king of the East China Sea had only one purpose for this trip, to urge Han Ruzi to get into trouble as soon as possible, and if the persuasion failed, he used tough means, but unexpectedly, the other party's strength was even stronger than him.

The King of the East Sea turned to Lin Kunshan and smiled, "If I ask you to step down, you won't feel humiliated, right?" ”

Lin Kunshan smiled, saluted the two brothers, turned around and walked out of the room.

"It's shabby enough in here, you can stand it." The king of the East Sea said.

Han Ruzi returned to the "throne" - a rickety bench - and said lightly: "I feel more comfortable than in the palace." ”

"Hehe, of course. How's that, I've arrived, what are you waiting for? Let's do something big together. ”

"No, there are too few people, and I don't know much about the situation in Keihoku......"

"If you have anything to know, ask me. Huailing County in northern Jingbei has gathered a rebel army of hundreds of people, all of whom are heroes on the rivers and lakes, much stronger than the rabble here. ”

"Who gathered?"

"You've seen it, Mad Monk Crown. He is not an ordinary person, by virtue of the name of a mad monk, he can walk freely in all the temples inside and outside the capital, pass on news, hide fugitives, no one is better than him, if I am ...... Hey, when you become emperor, you must get rid of him. ”

"He's a Jianghu person, why should he get involved in this kind of thing?"

"Maybe I've been in the temple for a long time, Guangding has a bit of compassion, and he feels that he should save the world, in short, he is a crazy person who is too smart like a qi seeker."

"So, isn't he doing things for the Cui family?"

"Crazy people only do things for themselves, but really smart people know how to use them." The King of the East China Sea walked up to Han Ruzi. "We had a holiday with each other. But that's all in the past. After all, we are brothers, and you married Xiaojun's cousin again...... Alas, no matter what, we are all family. ”

"Won't the family kill each other?"

"Haha." The East Sea King smiled and sat on the other side of the bench, "Are you still worried about your safety?" ”

"I'm more worried than when I have nothing in my hand."

The King of the East China Sea put away his smile and said, "To tell you the truth, I want to be an emperor, this is my mission to be born into the world." But I can wait. ”

"How long will it take?"

"Ten years."

"Ten years?" Han Ruzi shook his head with a smile.

The king of the East China Sea got up, stood opposite Han Ruzi, and said bluntly: "This is my biggest concession, the Cui family supports you to return to the throne, and you make me the emperor's younger brother, there was such an example in the previous dynasty, ten years later, you gave me the imperial throne for physical reasons." This is not an abdication, you can still enjoy the treatment of the emperor, but you don't have to deal with the mess of Da Chu. Spend your life leisurely with your cousin, and your son will be crowned king. What do you think? ”

"Are you serious?" Han Ruzi was slightly surprised.

"Of course, but I only have to wait ten years, and if it is longer, I am afraid that I will not return to the throne."

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "How do you guarantee my safety within ten years and ten years later?" ”

"So you want to make me the emperor's younger brother, and I will inherit the throne from you, so naturally I can't kill you. And you can have a guard of five hundred people, and the princes and kings are only allowed to have two or three hundred guards, and they can't enter the capital yet. The King of the East China Sea paused for a moment, seeing that Han Ruzi was still not impressed, he said the last guarantee, "Not only Xiaojun's cousin, but also several daughters of the Cui family are married to you, so the Cui family is your greatest guarantee." ”

Han Ruzi's eyes widened in surprise, and after a while he said, "I remember that one of Xiaojun's sisters has already married. ”

A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the King of the East Sea, "Get rid of her, if you have to, let her remarry, in short, your safety is guaranteed." ”

Han Ruzi also stood up and said with a smile: "I'm not so greedy. To be honest, I didn't believe you, but now ......"

"What now?"

"Send all your guards away from the riverside village, if you dare to stay with me alone, I will dare to be the emperor for ten years in the future."

"And who guarantees my safety?"

"Wealth is still in danger, and if you want to be an emperor, you have to take risks."

The King of the East China Sea stared at Han Ruzi, and it was his turn to hesitate, "If I die here......"

"Mrs. Cui will send troops to level the riverside village, I'm not so stupid."

"Good...... bar. It's a dead agreement, do you need any rituals? For example, swearing to Taizu or something. ”

"I don't need to." Han Ruzi suddenly grabbed one of the arms of the East Sea King, "No matter what, you are my younger brother, and we have the same father." ”

The King of the East China Sea looked blank and pondered for a while before saying, "Of course, you are my brother, so I will inherit the throne from you." ”

The two of them smiled at the same time, Han Ruzi let go, and the king of the East China Sea asked, "It's decided?" ”

"It's settled."

"When did something happen?"

"Wait another day, I will first send someone to get in touch with the rebels in Huailing County, northern Beijing."

"Okay, I'll let the guards go back."

The two looked at each other for a moment, the King of the East China Sea turned around and walked towards the door, Han Ruzi looked at his back and walked out of the door, and sighed softly, the two "brothers" still couldn't trust each other.

For the rest of the day, Han Ruzi sent people to Huailing County in northern Jingbei and received several groups of people who surrendered to the city. The later the newcomer came, the neater the military appearance he saw, and the more awe he showed when he met the "emperor".

Han Ruzi no longer added a hundred-man team, but assigned the newcomers to the original team.

In the afternoon, the chief bookkeeper Chao Yongsi brought bad news.

"There is not much food in the village, and now there are almost 700 volunteers, and today there is barely enough to eat, and tomorrow there will be no rice to cook."

There are really a lot of troubles in running an army, and the army of the imperial court does not have to worry about such a problem, the entire Great Chu Dynasty is supporting them, but Han Ruzi has nothing, so he can only find a way.

"Find the robbers who came yesterday, you don't need too many, just a few."

The five robbers were brought in, and when they entered the house, they took a look around, and when they found that the female evil star was not there, they breathed a sigh of relief and came forward and knelt down. Their weapons were confiscated and left in the hands of the guards. Now empty-handed. Don't dare to make a mistake, and answer all questions.

It turned out that the robbers' lair was not far from the riverside village, just on the other side of the kidnapping lake, there were only a few old and weak guards, they were small bandits, they had little power, they lived by robbing traders, kidnapping hostages and fishing, and they had a lot of experience in infighting. He has never fought with officers and soldiers.

The leader Duan Wanshan's previous boasting was a lie, he wanted to get Zhao'an, but unfortunately there was no way, I heard that someone claimed to be the emperor, and immediately brought a minion to pick up a bargain, thinking that this was just a madman, and he handed it over to the government, maybe he could get an official and a half-job, but he didn't expect to meet the "queen mother" who had no arrows.

The robbers' stockade had some grain in it. It's not much, enough for dozens of people to eat for ten days and half a month. Seven hundred people can support it for two or three days.

It turns out that the life of the robbers is not as imagined, there are few big bowls of drinking and eating meat, and there is no wanton freedom in the rivers and lakes, which is not much better than the ordinary people who live a hard life.

Han Ruzi ordered Chao Hua to lead two teams to take a boat to the robbers' stockade to get food, and agreed to return tomorrow morning, which was a temporary solution to the current crisis.

The boats in the stockade had been let go before, and they had not drifted far, but had been towed back.

The king of the East China Sea sent away the guards and left him alone in the stockade, and in the eyes of outsiders, he was the younger brother of the "emperor", and his brotherhood was unbreakable, so he had no precautions against him.

The King of the East China Sea stayed by Han Ruzi's side, watched him ask questions and assign tasks, deliberately glanced at Ling Jian a few more times, and when everything was arranged, he whispered, "Is it necessary?" Tomorrow he will go to Jingbei to join the rebel army of the mad monk Guangding, he is well prepared and has everything. ”

"Be prepared, and it's also to strengthen everyone's confidence."

The king of the East China Sea smiled and nodded, this time when he entered the village, his temper was much more restrained, he rarely boasted about himself, and he did not speak ill of him.

Nearly a hundred more people came to join before dark, and the village was even more crowded, and the last bit of food was depleted, and most of them were not full, but few complained, and the bright future after the completion encouraged them.

Han Ruzi walked through all the hundred-man teams with the guards, saying a few words, eating a few bites of their food, and sometimes letting them watch the "Heavenly Son Qi" above their heads, under Chao Yongsi's detailed description, everyone felt that they saw a little light.

The king of the East China Sea followed for a while, excused himself to be too tired to go back to rest, turned around and went straight to Zhang Yanghao's room.

Zhang Yanghao and the three noble sons occupied a thatched house, their identity was embarrassing, they were neither a member of the righteous army, nor a prisoner, similar to the Guiyi Marquis and the three wives and concubines, Zhang Yanghao did not dare to leave, afraid that as soon as he showed up in the capital, he would be retaliated by the Chai family.

As a gambler, he bet all his chips on the Cui family's side, including life and death.

"You're finally here, I've been going to see you a long time ago, but I don't dare to go over, what the hell is going on, how can he get an army?" Zhang Yanghao looked excited when he saw the King of the East China Sea.

The three noble sons were still tied up, looking terrified.

The king of the East China Sea raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Yanghao to shut up, sat down on the only stool unceremoniously, and said, "Untie them." ”

Zhang Yanghao was stunned, "They are all Chai Yun's followers......"

"Chai Yun and Cui Teng used to be best friends, at this time and that time, Chai Yun died, should the three of them also be martyred?"

The three of them shook their heads together.

Zhang Yanghao was a little afraid of the king of the East China Sea, so he had to obey the order to untie the ropes for the three of them, these three people were tied up for two days and two nights, their hands and feet were numb, and they couldn't get up when they sat on the ground, so they would only thank the king of the East China Sea vigorously.

When they had no new words to say, the king of the East China Sea said, "I know you, and you also know me, right?" ”

The three of them nodded immediately, and Qilang said flatteringly: "When Chai Xiaohou and Cui Ergongzi are okay, let's ......."

The king of the East China Sea waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and now it was he who was going to speak, "The Cui family is about to take power, and there will be no more Hou and that king to fight against the Cui family in the future, and you don't have to be in a dilemma." ”

The four people on the opposite side smiled flatteringly at the same time.

"You are very fortunate to have the opportunity to become my subordinates, and to establish a greater merit than your fathers and ancestors, and it can even be said that it is an immortal achievement."

In a few words, the four of them were moved, and the three who were sitting regained a little strength and changed to a kneeling position, and Zhang Yanghao, who was standing, became shorter and shorter, and knelt in front of the King of the East China Sea like them.

"I am your future, and protecting me is your greatest credit."

The four of them kowtowed, and the King of the East China Sea accepted it calmly, and then said, "Tell me what's going on with the Guiyi Hou family, and if an accident happens, which side will they stand on?" And this patchwork army, I don't believe that in a day or two, Han Ruzi can make these foolish people die for him. ”

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